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Thirteen year old Lucas Arendt of Nekoosa was seriously injured after being struck by a car Tuesday night in Wood County in the Town of Saratoga. As a driver was slowing down for a car-deer crash, he struck Lucas who was standing with other people on the side of the road. A 25-year-old woman who was standing with the group when the teen was hit was also taken to the hospital.

The driver and passenger of a motorcycle died in a crash Saturday at U.S. 10 and Sidney Avenue in Clark County. A car travelling west on U.S. 10 crossed the center line and collided with the east-bound motorcycle, according to a release from the Clark County Sheriff's Department. The people in the motorcycle were ejected and died from their injuries.

At least two people were injured Monday after an SUV rear-ended a school bus south of Marshfield. The bus was stopped in the northbound lane of Wood County A to drop off children near houses by Heggelund Lane when the collision occurred. The bus had flashing lights on at the time of the accident.

Two teenage bicyclists were hurt when they were struck by a hit-and-run vehicle in Owen-Withee on Sunday morning on State Highway 29 near Gorman Avenue. Soon after the bicycle accident, a Greenwood police officer stopped a pickup truck driven by a 26-year-old Thorp man for a defective headlight and also discovered some front end damage. That man, Scott Horn, was arrested for first-offense drunken driving and causing injury by intoxicated use of a vehicle.

Sarah Scollay was killed in an accident Sunday morning in Jump River, Wisconsin. She was a passenger in a vehicle driven by John Chilar. The SUV lost control and left the roadway. Scollay was ejected and tragically did not survive the crash.

Two women were killed Wednesday when a vehicle westbound on State Highway 70 in Vilas County struck an eastbound vehicle occupied by a husband and wife from Eagle River. The head-on accident was on Highway 70 in the Town of Cloverland. The westbound vehicle, driven by Linda Healy of St. Germain, crossed the center line and struck an eastbound vehicle driven by Lillian Pulec of Eagle River. Tragically, both drivers were killed in the collision. Lillian Pulec's husband was riding as a passenger, but no information was released regarding his injuries.

A man from Medford was killed Wednesday evening when his motorcycle collided with a truck. The man was headed east on State Highway 64 when a truck traveling west on 64 turned left in front of him, attempting to turn onto Crane Drive in Medford. The truck driver stated the sun was in his eyes and he didn't see the motorcycle.

At least two adults and an infant were injured in an accident Thursday morning on State Highway 97. The accident happened in McMillan, just north of Marshfield. A logging truck and another vehicle were involved in the initial accident and then two other vehicles were struck by debris.

A tragic accident in the Town of Norrie in Marathon County on Sunday has resulted in the death of a husband and wife. The crash occurred at the intersection of Highways N and Y according to the Marathon County Sheriff's Department. They were traveling southbound on County Highway Y and collided with a vehicle traveling westbound on County Highway N. Names have not been released at this time.